Chapter 16: The Son-in-Law’s Engagement Announced

She selected three antique pieces—jewelry and paintings—that she had seen in Yu Xunhuan’s hands in her previous life from the collection she had seized from the Yu family. These three items were highly likely to have mutated into equipment or props. The rest she packed directly into her backpack and made a trip to Harbor City.

That place was a chaotic mix of all kinds of people, and no one recognized her. The influence of the Su, Han, and Liang families was useless there.

Upon arrival, she dumped everything into an underground auction house. The commission was a bit high, but it specialized in selling items that couldn’t be shown in the light of day. Buyers all knew to keep their purchases private rather than flaunting them openly.

Because there were so many items, she had to wait for appraisal, then the auction, and also find someone to exchange the proceeds into gold. Exchanging a large amount of gold personally was extremely troublesome—both legal and illegal parties could be waiting to catch her. Sometimes she had to watch out for phishing traps, other times she had to fend off surveillance and then clean up the traces…

Several times, it was only thanks to the firearms and explosives she crafted through her engineering skills that she managed to resolve crises. These things really came in handy!

Yu Xunge left S City in mid-April and kept busy until late May. Only after all the antiques and jewelry were sold did she return to S City, carrying over 3,200 jin (about 1,600 kg) of gold in her game backpack along with 800 million Hong Kong dollars in her Harbor City account.

During this time, she continuously wore detection equipment but did not encounter a single player.

Even at the goblins’ black-market prices after the game invasion, over 3,200 jin of gold could be exchanged for more than 5,000 gold coins.

If all went well, she wouldn’t have to worry about learning professional recipes, and she could even buy skill books at the game auction house.

This game had no fixed professions. Neither aliens nor Blue Star humans had specific skills. Players were generally categorized by role types—healers, agile types, mages, melee, ranged, and so forth—but everyone’s core was their divine gift. All skills were built around this divine talent.

Of course, there were also chaotic, freeform playstyles where one learned whatever was available and somehow managed to use them well in the end.

Yu Xunge hadn’t touched her fifty million yet.

She planned to see how much gold could be exchanged first, then decide how to use the rest of the money.

During this period, Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo searched everywhere for her, but Yu Xunge claimed she was traveling in Italy, worried she might run out of money before running out of life, leaving them speechless.

She couldn’t understand why those two wanted to see her—did the engagement really concern the family of a live-in son-in-law?

In the days leading up to June 1, Yu Xunge bought all sorts of odds and ends—from appliances to drinks and food. When she dragged her trolley full of packages back to the villa, the security guard asked if the apocalypse was coming.

Yu Xunge just said she had just moved in and the house was empty, then sent him off.

After the game invasion, necessities and lifestyle goods were not only plentiful but richer; there was no need to hoard supplies.

By the day Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan officially got engaged, her game inventory was only half full.

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Yu Xunge wore a very simple makeup and a well-fitting yet understated blue casual suit. Upon arriving at the hotel, she clearly saw the satisfaction in Su Yitong’s eyes.

Warning: Female rivalry!

How stupid must someone be to think their boyfriend’s elder sister would like their boyfriend?

Yu Xunge smiled and shook hands with her brother-in-law’s younger sister, then put down the gift money, uttered some polite pleasantries, and went inside to find Yu Qingshan and the others.

She felt she barely recognized Yu Xunhuan anymore. How little time had passed, yet the young man had transformed from a shy, gentle puppy into a brooding one.

But it was just half of him missing! Was it really necessary?

Truly insatiable!

Still, the Yu family genes were strong; the brooding look made him even more handsome.

In a live-in son-in-law story, that worked out well, too. Su Yitong’s eyes sparkled whenever she looked at Yu Xunhuan.

Though Yu Xunge had been a celebrity for many years, everyone present was either a wealthy daughter or a noble lady. No one recognized her or came over to greet her. Yu Xunge enjoyed the peace and quiet—she was truly tired of killing people in Harbor City.

She really didn’t want to kill anyone for the time being.

Perhaps the countless killings had changed her aura. She had once possessed the gentle, warm aura of a beloved white moonlight. Now, dressed in a suit and walking in, she exuded the unmistakable vibe of a woman who was not to be trifled with.

Yu Qingshan squinted at her for a moment, then leaned close and asked softly, “Why such a big change recently? Did something happen? Tell your father.”

Yu Xunge replied without hesitation, “I met a mafia boyfriend in Italy and spent almost half a month running around with him. Isn’t that cool?”

Yu Qingshan: “...” Such an obvious joke, he just listened and let it go.

Yu Xunge pressed her palm vertically to her lips and whispered, “I got a real gun. A genuine one.” She had picked it up after killing someone—seventeen different firearms and ammunition. It was a pity she hadn’t raided the boss’s lair yet; her firepower wasn’t enough, and she didn’t dare to rush in with just her flesh and blood. She’d wait until she had better skills.

This was probably true. Yu Qingshan pressed his lips together and said, “Give it to your father later. I’ll keep it for you. This stuff is illegal.”

Oh, so you want it, but it’s illegal? If I get caught, you’re going to do time instead?

Yu Xunge obediently answered, “Okay, I’ll listen to you, Dad.”

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The engagement banquet was Su family territory. The Yu family behaved meekly, like quails. They didn’t even have a chance to speak on stage. Yu Xunge glanced at Yu Qingshan’s expression—he still wore the refined and handsome look of a professor.

As for Yi Qiuguo, though he occasionally lost his temper at home, having fathered Yu Xunge, the great beauty, and Yu Xunhuan, the little eunuch, he had to be good-looking too. When he smiled quietly, he was quite intimidating.

Yu Xunge lowered her head to eat, contemplating how to make Yu Xunhuan miss the second closed beta test. She planned to participate in the second closed beta herself, then reveal the game’s existence to Yu Xunhuan, and wait together for the elusive third closed beta.

Give him hope, then let him despair.

The first closed beta was too rushed, and she lacked the ability at the time, so her handling was too crude. The second closed beta should be smoother to do justice to her skills.

She didn’t want Yu Xunhuan to get into trouble at the Yu family again. Given how quick he was to suspect the women in the household whenever something went wrong, it would be easy to reveal her hand.

But in Yu Xunhuan’s current state, he was probably still practicing techniques and not qualified to live with the Su family yet.

A live-in son-in-law missing half his manhood—when they hugged, no one even knew who was calling whom “wife.”

It wasn’t until she left the estate that Yu Xunge thought of a plan.

Thanks to years of being on the run, she knew many fugitives. From a small private shop still dealing in cash, she hired a few young girls and boys to sneak into the Yu family, posing as Yu Xunhuan’s secret fans. They questioned why he got married without informing anyone and how he was acting hysterically and causing trouble.

She also killed a little sparrow and used the skill “Only the Dead Obey” to control it, sending it to guard outside the Yu family’s window.

Starting on June 2, visitors came to the door, but none lasted until Yu Xunge’s Plan B. On the evening of June 4, Yu Xunhuan moved to a nearby hotel.

That same night, using a prepaid anonymous SIM card she bought in Harbor City, Yu Xunge called someone she met while buying gold there. She gave him Yu Xunhuan’s phone number, WeChat, and email, instructing him to send nonstop explicit messages 24/7 to Yu Xunhuan for the next month, add him as a friend asking if he was interested in hookups, and post his number on gay forums.

From that day on, Yu Xunhuan’s phone became a hot mess.

The second closed beta was scheduled to begin at 6:06 on June 6.

At 3 a.m. on the 6th, disguised by a camouflage skill, Yu Xunge arrived outside the hotel. She slipped into a narrow alley, drank a medium-level invisibility potion in a blind spot from the surveillance cameras, then entered the hotel and climbed the stairs all the way up to the 27th floor, where Yu Xunhuan was staying.